The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-04-09
WISCONSIN LEGI ISLATCRE,

/ year; Mr.. Conklin's bill to prevent unjust
discrimination by common carriers chang
ing the dates OF holding terms OF circuit
/ court N the Fifth circuit; for the severe
| punishment OF persons keeping opium
| FONTS; making 1t msdemeanor for any
officer to extort by bribery, cruelty, or
| otherwise. confession ns from prisoner.
MADISON, March 29.-The vote by which
| concurrence was refused the bill to legalze
! the acts OF the town board OF supervisors
IN the town of Sparta, Monroe county, was
reconsicered and the bill was amended and
| eoncurred IL. Bills were passed amending
the charter OF the city OF Menomcnie. and
a bill relating to the bonding OF Forest
| county. Assembly bills were concurred in:
| To amend the revised statutes OF 1876, re-
lating to the survival OF actions; permit
! ting party to suit at law to obtain
| change OF place OF trial on account OF pref
udics OF the judge. The bill relating to the
| publication Of the supreme court reports
was indefinitely postponed.
MADISON, March 30.-The following bills
were passed: Exempting public library as
| sociations rom taxation on their proper
| ty; giving the principal contractor in the
| construction oil piece OF work lien upon
| such work till ne has received his pay for
the same; that whenever the Wisconsin
| Veterans Home, an institution incorpor-
| ated by the Grand Army OF the Republic OF
| this State, for the purpose OF founding q
| home for destitute soldiers and sailors and
| their widows, who are residents of this
| State shall have been established and put
| IN operation to the satisfaction of the Gov
| ernor and the Secretary OF State, the sum
| OF SO week for each such inmate OF said
| home shall be paid to said Wisconsin Vet.
| erans Home quarterly; for the suppress
sion OF vagaboIdage. The memorial to
| Congress asking for the establishment OF a
postal savings bank was adopted. As
sembly bills were adopted Appropriate
ing 500 to the Wisconsin Wooi.Growers'
| aud Sheep Breeders Association for print
| ing purposes, and 800 each to the Central
| Wisconsin Wool Growers and Sheep Breed
ers', Columbia County Wool-Growers' and
| Southeastern Wisconsin Wool-Growers'
and Sheep Breeders associations. At the
evenings session the bill to require rail-
road companies to furnish passes to legis-
| lators, elective state officers and judges of
court OF record was killed by vote OF 20
| to /.
MADISON, March Ex-Governor Rusk
notified the Senate OF his appointment OF
DR.. w. W. Reed, of Jefferson, as q member
| OF the state board OF charities and reform,
| FOR the term OF five years, beginning April
l, 1887. Confirmed. bill was passed
relating to the national union, and as.
| sembly bills were cOncurred In Requiring
| auctioneers to pay to the town treasurer
| 20 per cent. OF the gross receipts accruing
| from sales, except at mortgage or execution
| sales appointing a third assistant chief OF
| the Milwaukee fire department at 81 500
a year, an operator OF fire alarm tAlegra ph
| at $500 per year. and giving drivers 5000
| per year after the second years service;
| exempting from the provisions OF the re-
| vised statutes, relating to lands sold for
| taxes. such land q was sold or described
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| to taxation, or where the taxes on such
lands have been paid or the lands re-
deemed according to law, or where the
! deed is absolutely void.
! MADISON, April bills passed Repea,-
| ing the laws OF 1885 by which q person
| making improvements on any lot had a
/ lien on the entire real property. Assembly
bills concurred in: Providing that the mar
risg5 OF any female under guardianship
| shall terminate the guardians right to her
| custody and education only; but that the
| county Judge shall, at his option. dema nd
| OF the guardian settlement OF the estate
| OF the ward; submitting to the
| people constitutional amendment plac-
/ ing the supervision OF schools in the charge
| OF the state superintendent and such other
officers as the legislature may direct; pun
| ishing by maximum fine OF 500, or i'm.
| prlsonment OF six months. or both, any
Interference with.persons who are engaged
! in woik. by persons who attempt to force
| the employees OF others from work; prohib
| itiDg insure nee and other corporations OF
J the kind from doing any business until
| 5000, 900 OF their stock has been subscribed
| for and $4,000 has been deposited
or invested. Granting the power
| to assess and collect taxes to
/ all villages not existing under special char
ter, The bill prohibiting persons interfer-
| ing with other persons in lawful work and
preventing them from working, carried in
| the senate this morning was reconsidered
and referred to the judiciary committee for
| perfection.
Assembly.
| MADISON, March 2S.-In the Assembly a
/ joint resolution was introduced by Mr..
| Garside requesting our representatives in
| Congress to prepare and submit a bill con-
| demning all coal lands held by combiDa-
| tions maintaining exorbitant prices, and
providing that from government lands
| hereafter sold coal should be reserved, was
| killed. The governor returned without ap.
proval the bill FOR the relief OF certain
persons elected from lands conveyed by
! the state by reason CT failure of the title
| of state at the time OF such conveyance,
| giving as his reason therefor that no pro-
| vision was included allowing the state to
be heard as to the merits of the claim.
| The veto was sustained with but one dis
| senting vote.
| MADISON, March 29.-In the Assembly
| the following Senate bills were concurred
! in: Relating to the service of notice on the
owners OF land through which it is desired
to lay out highway. The following
bills were passed: Requiring the
sealing OF envelope, containing ballots
after election with muciage and sealing
! wax in the manner in which packages Of
currency are sealed when sent by express,
and requiring the inspectors to endorse
their names on the envelopes in open meet
! ing providing that in all actions here etofore
or hereafter commenced, brought by any
town against a village for the recovery
OF any license money paid to said village for
| the sale OF malt, ardent or Intoxicating
| liquors therein, where said village has sp-
| propriated and used said license moneys
for the support OF the poor therein, it shall
be lawful for said village to answer the
complaint OF the town, alleging the fact
! the license money 80 sued for by said town
had been appropriated and used by the vii
lage for the support OF the poor therein,
and proof of that TACT will be full and
perfect defense to said action providing
that the marriage Of any female who is
| under guardianship shall terminate The
right and authority of the guardian as TO
the custody and education OF the ward
only, and prohibiting the turning over OF
| al Cctdtc " HSI. IL IL
| to the provisions of the will
bequeathing the estate to her;
providing that any person who shall by
! coercion OF any kind prevents a person from
! working be punished by fine not exceed
ing s1O0 or by six months imprisonment,
or by both; also, making the combination
OF three or more persons to prevent
| another from working, conspiracy punsha-
bleby maximum fine OF $500 or one year 8
| imprisonment; also. providing that any
person who shall wiliully injure any rail
way car, locomotive or any other vehicle
or machinery, shall be punished by fine
not exceeding 81 ,o00, or by q maximum
/ Imprisonment of two years; requiring ship
I pers OF livestock to separate
I calves, hogs, sheep, etc, from horses
/ and cattle; compelling the milking OF
cows having calves, If the latter do not
/ run to them; and demanding that chickens
shall not be shipped by rail during the
warm months unless suitably cared for;
I providing that corporations organized for
1 the purpose OF insuring or guaranteeing
| owners of real estate and owners of real